#fas.txt

[fascinationex]

That chemist who hired mercenaries to rescue her doctoral student from Isis is quoted as saying: ‘What was happening was completely unacceptable, I was so angry that [Isis] had found its way into our world, exposing my doctoral student and his family to this and hindering the research.’

I read this last night and, while I did not disclose the speed at which I was vibrating to the unrelated group chat, because not every news story needs to immediately become inspiration for transformers fanfiction, I was...

I'm. Listen, the simpatico brainrot is so real.

Where's that image of Perceptor upside down with the gun? 'By kidnapping my my lab partner, they're hindering the research.'

[fascinationex]

hhhh sometimes people take the gdov warning really lightly and then write comments like "that violent thing that happened in your fic was so upsetting!" and

well

i warned them 😭

[fascinationex]

I never used to think about the podficcers while writing fic until a friend messaged me something like "Fas are you trying to fucking kill someone?" about my use of the phrase "biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate."

And now I think about the podficcers all the time.

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I'm trying to get back into writing some TF fic after a bit of a break. Fingers crossed that I manage to get some done.

[fascinationex]

Regarding TFP S1E19, when Megatron takes Starscream out to a mine to reveal the resources and equipment he has stolen and stashed away: I cannot believe Megatron canonically just accepts "But I didn't literally leave you for dead (this time)," as a sufficiently persuasive argument to rescue Starscream from the rubble of the collapsed mine where he was determined to kill him only an hour earlier.

This is a mechanical choice from the writers, because obviously Starscream must survive to the next episode for both plot and character arc reasons.

However, characterisation is also what happens when you're busy making other plans. It's much more fun to read this as Megatron being incredibly weak to Starscream's wibbly wobbly begging eyes. Don't give him that look. Noooo. Stop that... Starscream... noo... don't make him give up his plans to kill you and instead rescue you and take you home... no...

And it's even funnier because, going by the dregs of the cybertronian species left on Earth and the hideous husk of their home planet, Megatron is usually SUCH a good killer¹.

It's like the worst possible attempt to drown an unwanted kitten. This is why squeamish people put them in sacks first, Megatron.

¹ ironically Starscream is the only Decepticon who actually kills an Autobot on screen

[fascinationex]

I haven't really had the energy for the (checks notes) emotional labour of producing transformers porn lately? I hope I get back to it. I started drafting a megastar sex pollen fic a week ago... there's a bunch of smutty fics I have written half of... Boo...

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I wish people who can't help but to post "corrections" (which may or may not be correct) to my fic ideas would simply make their own posts with their own ideas.

Point of clarification: I am not talking about the people who are very ably engaging in "yes, and —" type improvisation and bouncing new ideas off the ideas I am presenting. That's fine. That is, in fact, what the bad-tf-fic-ideas blog is for. This kind of interaction is fun and I always love seeing it pop up in the tags. "Yes, and," is always acceptable in creative spaces.

"Well, actually," is... usually rude, even if you are actually right, which often they are not.

I think I might stop doing an idea a day after I hit 365. I've blocked more people in this fandom doing this than I ever did following the megastar tag, which is saying something. 365 is a good number anyway.

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"It's not a notp, it's just that the part of fandom writing this ship does not appear to have a great grasp on characterisation." What is that? Is that anything?